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Constant requests to update my Firefox

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Peter Ray
Peter Ray
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I use 118.0.2 (64-bit) because I do not like the newer versions, but every time I open it I have to decline two consecutive Firefox popups urging me to upgrade to the newest version. Since I open Firefox dozens of times a day, these constant popups are driving me crazy. How can I stop them? Thanks.

I use 118.0.2 (64-bit) because I do not like the newer versions, but every time I open it I have to decline two consecutive Firefox popups urging me to upgrade to the newest version. Since I open Firefox dozens of times a day, these constant popups are driving me crazy. How can I stop them? Thanks.

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niightblade
niightblade
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While it's not recommended, you can try the following:

  • Quit out of any running instances of Firefox
  • Open (or create) this file in a text editor: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\distribution\policies.json"
  • Type or copy-paste the following into that file:

{ 

   "policies": {
       "ManualAppUpdateOnly": true
   }

}

  • Save the file making sure it does NOT end up with a `.txt` extension
  • Start Firefox
zeroknight
zeroknight
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You should switch to the 115 ESR version which still gets security updates.

cor-el
cor-el
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What things don't you like about newer Firefox versions ?

Modified by cor-el